National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy
Year of publication
2017
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Avalanche, Biological hazards, Chemical threats, Drought, Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, Hails, Hydrodynamic accidents, Landslides, Mudflows, Winds, Soil erosion
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
Western Asia
Region
Western Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
“Avalanches can isolate dozens of settlements for a long time and force hundreds of families to leave their homes.”
“In Georgia massive fires ...presumably can cause fatalities, destruction of regional infrastructure, evacuation of the local population and long-term ecological damage (minimum for more than 5 years).”
“Washing of river coasts often creates coastal landslides and destroys residential houses.”